Testimonies of Healing

For many years the testimonies appearing in our periodicals have been a source of much inspiration and joy, and now I should like to share my own. I have been particularly blessed, because since the age of six I have been a witness that Christian Science is the way of Life.

" God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" ( Ps. 46:1 ).

While suffering from a nervous breakdown, I recalled that an aunt in a distant city had told me of Christian Science. Our family physician said that there was nothing he could do for me and that I would have to give up my work as a chemist for an indefinite time.

Twenty-eight years ago through Christian Science I was instantaneously healed of what appeared to be a fatal case of arsenic poisoning. That healing was followed soon afterward by the instantaneous release from the need to wear glasses and by a quick healing of a fractured ankle.

As a child, I saw my brother healed of bowlegs by Christian Science. The legs were so badly bowed that he could not stand on them.

Having reason to be grateful for Christian Science, I wish to submit this testimony as evidence of my gratitude and with the prayer that it may help others as I have been helped. I was led to Science during the depression of the 1930's.

It is about thirty years since Christian Science came into my life. When my eldest daughter, then a little child, was very ill I consulted a doctor.

One afternoon I was reading a Christian Science periodical when I heard a noise. My small son, then three years of age, had fallen down a steep, narrow stairway to the floor below while on his tricycle.

" Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths" ( Prov.

I have expressed my gratitude for Christian Science vocally many times at Wednesday evening meetings in Churches of Christ, Scientist, and at testimony meetings held by students of Science in the armed forces. It is now time that I share my experience through our periodicals.